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LEONARD Q BAILEY, or WASHINGTON, insrnic'rv OFCOLUMBIA.

FOLDING BEDf/' sPEcIFIcA'rIoN forming parser Letters Patent No. 629,286, daten July is, 189e'. Application tiled May 19,1899. Serial Nm 717.520. (No model.)

To a/ZL wir/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD C. BAILEY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds; and I do declare the` followof the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to Vwhich it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to a portable folding orcollapsiblebed; and the object is-to provide a simple, inexpensive, convenient,and durable article of this character.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several elements of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the device.

Figure 1 is bed embodying my invention. detail section of one of the counterpart head and foot posts and the contiguous end of the side rail. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of one of the side .rails to show the hinge-joint. Fig. 4 is a detail section of theupper end of one of the head-posts, acorn ornament. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing another manner of assembling the a perspective view of a folding bed. Fig. 6 is a detail viewof one of the lock joints connecting the side rails and the foot and head posts. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the bed-bottom. Fig. 8 is a transverse section of the same, and Fig. 9 is a transverse section of the modified form of bed-bottom.

1 1 denote the upper sections ofthe counterpart head and foot posts, and each consists of a piece of comparatively thin steel tubing, the upper end of which is internally threaded to receive the ,detachable acorn knob 2w-hich, -is formedv with atransverse orifice 3 to receive the canopy-cord 4. Y

The lower. end of each post-section 1 l has brazed in it a projecting threaded plug or stud 5, which engages the T-conplings 6 6,

which are connected by a cross-brace 7, and' the lower ends of these couplings 6 are provided with a longitudinal tapering tooth or tongue S, which engages a corresponding reing to be a full, clear, and exact description' Fig. 2 is aV showing the removable lcess 9 inthe abutting edge of a similar plug or T .coupling 10,y which, encompasses the threadless shank of' a plug or stud-bolt 12, brarzedin the lower head-post section 1, the projecting end of the stud-bolt'12 having a threaded engagement with the contiguous end of the coupling 6. The tongue Sdoes not bottom in the recess 9, so that whenscrewed toa gether the tongue is wedged in the recess and a rigid joint is attained which prevents any tendency to wabbling or lateral movement, and this construction also provides for wear, which can only take place on the sides of the tongue and recess, and such wear is fully compensated for by allowing the abutting ends to come closer together.`

. The lower ends' of the tubular sections ll 1 are eachA provided with a brazed stud 13, the projecting ends of which have a threaded engagement with the T-couplings 14 14,whioh in turn have threaded engagement with the tubular cross-brace 15. The lateral sockets 10 of the T -couplings lO'also havea threaded engagement with the stud-bolt 16, brazed in the contiguous ends of the side rails 17 17, which are divided transversely about midway of their length. These meeting ends are internally threaded to receive the externallythreaded counterpart sockets 1S 18, the meeting ends of which are formed with alinedv longitudinal recesses 18 to receive the bar 19, which is pivoted in the abutting ends of the socketsby the rivets 2O 20. It will be noted that'the outer endof one of the sockets is sunken below the end of its encompassing tube, while the meeting end of the other proof its'tube, and when the parts arealined, as

Ashown yin Fig. o, the projecting end of the one ksocket extends into the recess in the opposite tube, formed by depressing the end of the contiguous socket, as heretofore described, to assist in forming a rigid joint when the two sections vare alined.

2l .denotes a sleeve snugly encompassing and having a sliding engagement with the side rails and when slid over the joint gives additional rigidity to .the rail at thispoint, and, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, this sleeve may be slid clear od the joint to permit the two sections to befolded parallel other. `The outer ends of this sleeve are charnwith each g fered, as shown, to facilitate its insertion in the hem 22 of the canvas bed-bottom 23, as shown in Fig. 9.

In Figs. l and 5 the bottom laps over or around the side rails,and its parallel edges are provided with eyelets 24 and a lacing-cord 25, as shown in Figs. 7 and S, to give the proper tension to the fabric comprising the bottom.

26 denotes the pillow-case, having its lower edge 27 stitched to the bed-bottom, and one of its end edges28 is left open to stuff the pillow and remove the filling when the bottom and pillow are washed.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the upper sections 1 l of the foot-posts removed and the knobs 2 2 fitted in the couplings 6 6, which arrangement, together with the pillow-sham A, supported from the canopy-cord between the head-posts, presents a neat and attractive form of bed for household use.

While my improved bed is primarily intended for hospital use on account of its hygienic properties and the facility with which it can be kept clean and rendered antiseptic, its uses under other conditions are manifold from convenience with which it can be packed in a small compass for transportation or storage and the facility with which it can be assembled in an emergency.

.The accompanying drawings show my invention in the best form new known to me; but many changes in the details might be made within the skill of a good mechanic without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the claims at the end of this specification.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a folding bed, the side rails divided transversely, slotted sockets fitted in the meeting ends of said rails, a pivoted bar connecting the abutting ends of said sockets, and a chamfered sleeve having a sliding engagement with said divided rails, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a folding bed, the side rails divided transversely, slotted sockets fitted in the contiguous ends of said rails, one of said sockets extending beyond the end of its rail and the other depressed Within its rail to form a pocket for the projecting end of the opposite socket, a bar pivotally connecting said sockets, and a sleeve having a sliding engagement with said rails, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a folding bed, a bed-post comprising an upper and lower section, a screw-threaded plug secured tothe upper section and a screwthreaded plug secured to the lower section and provided intermediate its ends with a smooth portion, a screw-threaded sleeve con necting the screw-threaded ends of said plugs, and a sleeve mounted on the smooth portion of the plug, said sleeves having an interlocking non-rotatable connection, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEONARD C. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

BENJ. G. GoWL, WILBUR HAUER. 

